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title: "Death toll rises to 28 in Turkey blast, 61 injured: government spokesman"
description: "Twenty-eight people were killed and 61 injured in a bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday, government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus said, adding the government has no information yet on who was responsible for the blast."
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# Death toll rises to 28 in Turkey blast, 61 injured: government spokesman

> Twenty-eight people were killed and 61 injured in a bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday, government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus said, adding the government has no information yet on who was responsible for the blast.

By Reuters · Published 17 February 2016, 23:53 SAST

## Content

Kurtulmus, who is also a deputy prime minister, said it was clear the attack was well planned. A car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces' headquarters, parliament and other government buildings.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Melih Aslan; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Nick Tattersall)